Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

The Fundamentals: Issues and Texts major admitted 32 students this past fall for its second-year cohort, more than doubling its third-year cohort of 14. The fourth-year cohort has 19 students. The ...

The romance industry, always at the vanguard of technological change, is rapidly adapting to A.I. Not everyone is on board. By Alexandra Alter Last February, the writer Coral Hart launched an ...

For those who have used PCs for a sufficiently long time, you probably remember trying to insert a USB plug into a port, only to have to flip it upside-down to get it in there. The advent of USB-C in ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The Trump administration is planning to use artificial ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — The United States Army World Class Athlete Program will be well-represented in the 2026 Winter Olympics from Feb. 6-22 in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, ...

Mercedes might have eased back on its electric goals in the face of slowing global demand, but it still has plenty of hugely important EVs on the way. And this is one of them, the first ever electric ...

With the new Voice Typing Dictation feature, users can now speak naturally and have Speechify’s new Mac app turn that recording into clean text across any app on macOS. Here’s how it works. Apple ...

The NFL has announced its International Player Pathway (IPP) program Class of 2026, featuring 13 athletes representing 10 nations around the world. Established in 2017, the IPP program identifies ...

The Navy said late Tuesday it plans to cancel the bulk of the $22 billion Constellation-class guided-missile frigate program dogged by delays and cost overruns. Navy Secretary John Phelan announced ...

MARINETTE, Wis. (WBAY) - The U.S. Navy has announced a “strategic shift away” from the Constellation-class frigate program, effectively cancelling the military ships that would have been built in ...

The American Institute CPAs, the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and state CPA societies voiced their objections to a proposal from the Department of Education to exclude ...